Posted on 06/12/2006 5:05:28 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
"But," said her son, "that means killing the baby."
This mother lost a good deal of her moral authority with this child when the 9 year old realized that mom was a self deluding crap artist.
I still believed in Santa Clause at nine years old. I sure as hell didn't know what an abortion was. I didn't know what that was until I was like 11 or 12.
I disagree. Same thing happened 2 weeks ago. Up at the cabin some of the adults got into a discussion about abortion. My 11 year old nephew said " Momma what is an abortion" Never forget kids have good hearing.
Amen. I am convinced that there would be many fewer abortions if children learned about fetal development and abortion young - before the age of eight or so. They see clearly then and their sympathies are with the baby.
If they become aware of these matters when they are entering adolescence, then their own sexual desires and political "sophistication" go on the death side of the scales.
Mrs VS
"Mommy, why would a mommy kill her baby?" "Well darling, da, blah, da, do, dah ahhhh."
Who's Santa Clause? The patron saint of grammar?
My nine year old just learned what abortion was this last year. He is shielded - we don't have television, and we watch what we say in front of the children.
I can see an abortionist shielding her child from the ugly realities - the way pro-abortion people explain abortion to children is usually along the lines of sparing women an unwanted pregnancy - the children don't always make the connection. A baby-sitter once told my daughter that Bob Dole was bad because he wanted to force women to be pregnant - my daughter thought Bob Dole was a very bad man until she learned exactly what that meant. 180 deg. about face.
Nat Hentoff has never never set off my BS meter - and I don't always agree with him - I believe him to be a man of great integrity.
Mrs VS
That's just about what's happening. We'd have a lot more Democrats in office if abortion were illegal, but instead all the Hillary types are killing off their own flesh and blood, and don't get a chance to fill their skulls full of commie mush.
-ccm
I hate to say this, but if Mexican illegals could vote, they would overwhelming vote Republican. Mexicans are very conservative.
I understand that some people make a point of seeing that their children live sheltered lives, but if this woman was interested in "shielding her child from the ugly realities", she would hardly have brought up the topic at the family dinner table, with her 9 year old son and well-known (to be anti-abortion) columnist Nat Hentoff both present. Or am I to believe that Mr. Hentoff was boorish enough to raise this obviously contentious and sensitive subject at the dinner table, in front of his hosts' 9 year old son? Nope, I don't buy it -- if there's any truth at all to this tale, it's been greatly embellished.
Yes, but I expect your mother wasn't a physician (much less one who provided abortions), and your family didn't have people like Nat Hentoff over for dinner. I'm sure there are many kids out there leading very sheltered lives, however they're not only ignorant of many things, but also not likely to be quick on the uptake and confident of their opinions upon first hearing of something new, nor inclined to start arguing with their mother in front of an adult guest. Strong parental authority and sheltered child-rearing go hand-in-hand in my experience. Everything in this tale shouts "not a sheltered child" except for the mysterious exception of the word "abortion".
Nat wasn't at the dinner, he said he heard the story from the father. The child overheard something they said at the dinner table, and asked about it. There is no indication that there was a full-blown discussion of abortions at the table, just that the child heard the word and asked about it.
It could be the mother did NOT want her child to know what she did. Nat's story never says the son knew that she was performing abortions, just that he understood what she was saying was that abortion was killing babies.
You have ignored the first line of the article: "A friend of mine told me of a recent conversation at his family's dinner table that keeps reverberating in my mind." Stop trying to make Nat out to be a liar with crap like "... if this woman was interested in "shielding her child from the ugly realities", she would hardly have brought up the topic at the family dinner table, with her 9 year old son and well-known (to be anti-abortion) columnist Nat Hentoff both present."
I realize your worship of liberalism and abortion specifically has you blind to certain things, but even you must be able to see how utterly foolish is your assertion in light of the very first line in the article!
Spread the word.
As part of a worldwide promotion of Melinda Tankard Reist's new book, "Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics
Mel will be presented by Nat Hentoff, of the Village Voice, at a US book launch wine and cheese party in New York City tomorrow, Tuesday evening, June 13 at 5-8 pm.
Event is free and all are welcome... so if you want to go, freepmail me.
Surely there's a web link to material on your new book, er, on Melinda's new book. Do you have it, the web addy I mean?
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